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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1124681" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>maybe because they're still pre-ruminants?</p><p>You can grow calves without grain but you need to extend the milk feeding time to do it, and when the budgets are done, most find that grain and grain by-products are cheaper to feed than milk. </p><p></p><p>I probably run similar to Suzorse's figures for milk and feed (using milk from my dairy herd at 4 - 5 litres a day for ten weeks) because I like to grow the calves properly. It can be done on around half the feed but your risks of a poor result are much higher.</p><p>For my own system, I figured if I could sell a weaned calf for $NZ250 (not counting labour and equipment as I'm raising a group of replacement heifer calves anyway) I'd break even on feed and calf costs. Most years the dairy bulls can make $NZ350plus at 220 - 250lb. At that age they're vaccinated twice for blackleg and wormed twice, no other meds unless they're sick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1124681, member: 9267"] maybe because they're still pre-ruminants? You can grow calves without grain but you need to extend the milk feeding time to do it, and when the budgets are done, most find that grain and grain by-products are cheaper to feed than milk. I probably run similar to Suzorse's figures for milk and feed (using milk from my dairy herd at 4 - 5 litres a day for ten weeks) because I like to grow the calves properly. It can be done on around half the feed but your risks of a poor result are much higher. For my own system, I figured if I could sell a weaned calf for $NZ250 (not counting labour and equipment as I'm raising a group of replacement heifer calves anyway) I'd break even on feed and calf costs. Most years the dairy bulls can make $NZ350plus at 220 - 250lb. At that age they're vaccinated twice for blackleg and wormed twice, no other meds unless they're sick. [/QUOTE]
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